Re: APPLET alternative content

Good point.  Will update the guidelines.
Jon

At 01:32 PM 6/18/98 -0400, Liam Quinn wrote:
>The current UA Working Draft states that 'In the case of the APPLET
>element, the values of the "alt" or "title" attributes (in order of
>preference) should be used.' [1]  Why not use the content of the APPLET
>element first, since it is not limited to plain text (as with "alt" and
>"title")?
>
>(From an author's point of view, the "alt" attribute is useless on APPLET
>since all browsers except HotJava make the sensible choice to use the
>content of the APPLET element as an alternative to the applet.)
>
>[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-WAI-USERAGENT/#Alt-apps
>
>-- 
>Liam Quinn
> 
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